Telegram-herald., 1887-11-03
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SAs NoEz. OCT INA hsn tie curtain
u Ihs Fifth Avs1ue Theatre -ss ruu Up at
i. 9 o'elqck toaizai Mrs. James Brown Poster
~as greeted b a. hue al audience As ever
gzkhsEed Ia theatre ia ths city. Il repre-
seated brains. money an1 society. The
total amount PAID for seats alone tonight
vas slV.ooo. The box ofhcs was not opened
at al during be day. and fsshlonAbls So
eiesy Ia very swell carriages natiered
around although most OF them knew that
every ssat 10 the house was sold.
The medium through which Mrs. Potter
hoped 10 rssch the hearts OF her country
ulen aud their purses Was DelDits Mad
smOisslie de Bressler." Of which an adapts-
ton Tor this country was made By Mr.. Geo
Sims the author Of "'Ostler joe" in the
recital OF which Mrs. Potter first became
KNOWN. The play vas done oy her IN
London under the title of Civil War, said
% Oe ali adaptation OF Mr. Herman Aerfi-
vale. IL was. however, 4 failure, and the
reDuted author refused 10 stand sponsor OF
its production. At any rate the present
adaptation IS not very much better. The
Commune, ana the whole stpry is exceed
iagly trenchy. TO say the least Faustine
de Bressier. the heroine. is a daughter OF a
distinguished general and the sister
Of French officer who . fight
ing the Communists. one day while
walking In her fathers garden q man
named R0suy rushed st her appealing for
protection. Moved by pity she conceals
him from his Tersaers until she comes
home and finds her father and brother
have been killed. In q spirit of revenge
she delivers ROsny To the troops, who take
aim out and shoot him.
Seven years later Faustine has the pleas
ure of meeting Rosny's son Jscque, who
has become sculptor, and they immedI-
ately proceed 10 fall desperately in love
with each other. She is however at that
time betrothed 10 De Grlesssnt, but never
theless like a true Frenchwoman, she re-
ciprocates jacques passion. but msrries the
other man. Six months later her husband
Is killed and the Rosny widow resumes her
love-msking with pretty Nr. Jacque. They
wish 10 get married, but the third article OF
the French code says. that . widow cannot
marry again, when the dead body of her
husband Is put in evidence. This is
awkward for q time but sa factory ar
ranged until the trouble breaks out again
when the sculptor's mama finds out
that her daughter-in-lsw, TO be, Is
| the identical one who has delivered
up her husband for execution. Things
| assume very threatening aspect around
| the scenic horizon for awhile, until jacques
| discovers that his love is far stronger than
| bis tilial affection and marries her.
| Mama is recOnciled as are all Theatrical
mothers, another curtain goes down on a
very close colored and serence scene.
| When Mrs. Potter made her appearance
| in the second act there burst out storm
| of applause from every part of the house.
| She bowed, and bowed, and bowed. Finally
i she drew tiny handkerchief from he
| pocket and Wiped her eyes. In an instant
| every body stopped clapping as If distrrst-
| ing the presence of tesrs. Ii was false
| move. as everybody felt 1t. Mrs. Potter
is rather tall aud decidedly light woman
| She has dark red hair, brown eyes and very
graceful figure.
| She speaks in voice that is strikingly
| artificial, and her pronunciation is broad
| and very unpleasant, She has improvsc
| since she was here. no doubt and She i,
| probably better actress t1an Langtry wa:
| when she began. At the end Of the third
act she was called out again, and the i'm
| preston that she left with the audience was
| that she would never become a great &C
! trsss although she might in time become I
| good one, suuCltDtty eIOHs loI irduiDt
lady in a small company. The cast, ex
cepting Mr.. Kyrle Bellew, was wretchedly
bad, and the play a great deal worse. II
was, however, well staged. Among TIT
| people with brains were A. G. Wheeler o
| the World, VIM. Winter. of the Tribune;
| Brady, of the Herald, Dithmar. of the
| Tunes: G. A. Byrne, of the Morning
Journal: Franklin File, of the SIN
Bob Morris. of the telegram; Msybury
| Fleming, of the HaI and Expres
| Gallagher. of the Ne,os. Parks. of th'
Mercury Leander Richardson. representa-.
the Boston Herald Fiske. of the Minor
| Donneiiy, OF the Dramatic Nc'rs; Harrigan
| OF the DespatcA. Blakely Hall and hos
of wealthy men and women, journalists
lawyers and men about town. Society va
| very "swagger." Some of the well known
leaders present were Pierre LOrrilard. jr
and vile. Herman Oilrichs. Wregal San
ford. Mr. and Mrs. Hoey, Colonel and Mrs
De Lancy Kane, Mr.. and Mrs. Iselin, Nus
Paren Stevens BrOckhurst Cutting. and
| grea. many small and large Cuttings.
The whole Potter BUSINESS has been hip
podrDined very much like a circus, bu, /
has been well done. As whole Mrs. Pot
ter has made decided society success in
very bad play. aud her business in New
York at least is sure 10 be very large.
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